Shared Parental Responsibility Intervention

Professional intervention in parental responsibility issues sometimes becomes necessary. Therapist mediators are, at times, necessary when parents are arguing over issues such as schooling decisions and medical care. The therapist mediators may recommend therapeutic intervention and may be able to monitor compliance in resolving issues. Professional intervention may also be used to help provide parents equality in information. Parent effectiveness training may give parents an objective joint education on parenting skills, like discipline, while anger management training may give parents new communication skills. In some cases, intensive individual therapy may be required, and some circumstances may also require one or both parents to have medication prescribed to help stabilize behavior and address any impairments. In any event, in situations where decisions involving parental responsibility appears problematic, one approach to consider is the use of therapist mediation. Such intervention can help parents resolve their own issues regarding parental responsibility without overly involving the court to act as decision-makers regarding the care and upbringing of the children.